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If you are concerned about health and safety risks in relation to breastfeeding on return to work, you must notify your employer in writing that you are breastfeeding and your employer must take reasonable action to remove any health and safety risks or provide suitable alternative work. For more information, see Continuing to breastfeed on return to work.

If the goods are readily identifiable and duty status is clear, we may accept one or more of the following documents as evidence: exhibition goods have been on long-term display or loan outside the UK or have been stored outside the UK You may need to take action to ensure you are able to pay UK tax, for instance by registering for Self-Assessment. UK residents pay tax on UK income and gains and must also pay tax on any foreign income and gains. Access to benefits

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You’ll need to prove that the goods satisfied the conditions for acceptance as returned goods at the time of previous export from the UK.

be re-imported within 3 years of their export, shorter periods apply to goods which benefitted from agricultural measures at export Put yourself in the employee’s shoes: how would you feel if you had been seriously unwell and absent from the daily routines of work?Don't make assumptions about what will be best for your employee. Starting a new job after your baby has been born may affect your maternity pay. For more information see Rights for parents with more than one job. goods imported into Northern Ireland which were previously declared to end-use in Northern Ireland or the EU (if the goods are put to the same authorised use when imported) Your employer must be able to show that it is not reasonably practicable for you to return to your old job – this is unlikely to be the case, for example, if your maternity cover is still doing your job. This may be where there has been a reorganisation or other business-related reasons why jobs have changed. It may be maternity discrimination if your role has been demoted or changed, your responsibilities have been given to your colleagues, or your maternity cover has been kept in your role and you have been disadvantaged because of your maternity leave.

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Other family members and future spouses of UK nationals who are returning to the UK will need to apply for a family visa. Returning from outside of the EU Am I entitled to take Bank Holidays and other fixed holidays that fall during my maternity leave when I return to work? You can claim relief on the re-importation of third country goods which were previously relieved from Customs Duty under inward processing arrangements if you: If you are not employee or you are not entitled to maternity leave, for example, if you are an agency worker, the protected period ends two weeks from the date of childbirth.

If you are selected for redundancy because you are absent on maternity leave, you may have a claim for unfair dismissal, automatic unfair dismissal and/or maternity discrimination. For full information about your rights, see Redundancy during pregnancy, maternity and parental leave. Long-term absence is typically defined as four weeks or more of continuous absence. According to the CIPD’s 2023 Health and Wellbeing at Work report, the most prevalent conditions responsible for long-term absence are: If the goods were put to their specific use prior to export, they can be re-imported using this relief subject to the usual conditions. Usually these changes will be permanent, so work out what changes will be best for youbefore you ask. You can ask your employer for a trial period to test out the changes.

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Prepare in advance for this conversation and support the absent employee to do so too. You will have more productive conversations when you and your team member are prepared and have a clear framework for the discussion, so you both know what to cover and what to expect. Taking time to prepare for the return to work can help to anticipate challenges and avoid unnecessary struggle. the new job has worse conditions or pay than yours did - for example if you used to work part-time, and the new job would be full-time only

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There is specific guidance on access to apprenticeships in England for UK nationals in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. You need to calculate the number of school holidays you have taken before and after your leave. If these total less than 28 days, you are owed accrued holiday, for example,